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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akinwale Oluwafolajimi Oluwatope Arobieke (ranked 4521 p4p, 4277 weight class) and Kimbo Slaissi (ranked 181 p4p, 175 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Dangerous GnP
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Akinwale Oluwafolajimi Oluwatope Arobieke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kimbo Slaissi!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arobieke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Slaissi throws out the jab.
Slaissi misses with a double jab
and Arobieke decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Slaissi's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Slaissi can do anything to dispel that myth.
Arobieke trying to control but Slaissi is working from the bottom.
Arobieke trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Arobieke wants to control from the top but Slaissi keeps moving.
Arobieke tries to free his leg and advance position but Slaissi is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arobieke looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Slaissi wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Arobieke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Arobieke is pushing down on Slaissi's leg trying to pass to half guard. Slaissi is fighting to maintain full guard but Arobieke has managed to sneak the leg through.
Arobieke trying to control the action but Slaissi is working from the bottom.
Arobieke is pressing down on Slaissi's thigh, looking to free his foot. Slaissi is holding on for now.
Slaissi keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Slaissi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Arobieke.
Arobieke is trying to control the action in half guard but Slaissi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Slaissi throws a lazy right hand but Arobieke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Slaissi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Slaissi swings widly with a right hand
and Arobieke counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Slaissi misses the jab.
Arobieke is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Arobieke takes one to the chin there.
Slaissi misses with a hook.
Slaissi throws a big shot that misses.
Arobieke was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arobieke scores with a sloppy right hand. Slaissi should have avoided that one.
Slaissi misses with a right hand
and Arobieke counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Slaissi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Arobieke ducks under a wild hook from Slaissi.
Slaissi lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Slaissi misses with an uppercut
and Arobieke makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Arobieke seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Slaissi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Slaissi throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Arobieke counter with a right hand.
Nice defenses there by Arobieke.
Nice body punch from Slaissi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slaissi looks to land a left hand but Arobieke moved out of range nicely.
Slaissi throws a sloppy body shot
and Arobieke counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arobieke slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Slaissi lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Slaissi looking to sit in guard and control but Arobieke gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Arobieke trying to control the position from guard on top but Slaissi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Slaissi has his hands on Arobieke's head, controlling the position.
Slaissi can't keep his opponent in guard - Arobieke advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Akinwale Oluwafolajimi Oluwatope Arobieke dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
The crowd cheers as Arobieke lands an impressive looking overhand right. Slaissi doesn't seem phased though.
Slaissi throws a looping overhand right but Arobieke ducks down to avoid it.
Slaissi moves out of range as Arobieke strikes.
Slaissi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Slaissi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kimbo Slaissi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slaissi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Slaissi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arobieke slips under a jab from Slaissi.
Arobieke appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Slaissi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Arobieke decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Slaissi's guard.
Arobieke is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Arobieke trying to control the position from guard on top but Slaissi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arobieke controlling from the top position.
Arobieke trying to control but Slaissi is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Arobieke chips away with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Arobieke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Arobieke wants to control from the top but Slaissi keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slaissi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Slaissi misses with an uppercut.
Slaissi looks to land a combination but Arobieke avoids it well.
Arobieke appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kimbo Slaissi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Slaissi misses with a lunging right hand
and Arobieke decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Slaissi's guard.
Arobieke advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arobieke is looking to take a break and control but Slaissi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Arobieke sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Arobieke is nestled in close to Slaissi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Slaissi is not content to let Arobieke control the position.
Arobieke is really struggling to control Slaissi but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Slaissi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Arobieke working Slaissi over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Slaissi is staying active underneath Arobieke, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Arobieke stalling away here and it's allowed Slaissi to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Slaissi keeping moving, preventing Arobieke from controlling successfully.
Arobieke trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Arobieke loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Arobieke is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Slaissi wants to sweep here but Arobieke controlling him for the moment.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Akinwale Oluwafolajimi Oluwatope Arobieke dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Slaissi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arobieke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Slaissi can do to turn this around?
Arobieke slips a jab and a cross from Slaissi.
Arobieke is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Arobieke gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Slaissi throws a poor cross that misses
so Arobieke counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Arobieke pushes down on Slaissi's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Arobieke wants to take a breather but Slaissi is having none of it.
Arobieke missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arobieke tries to pass the half guard into mount. Slaissi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Slaissi is staying active underneath Arobieke, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Slaissi controlling the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arobieke trying to control from Slaissi's half guard. Slaissi has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Slaissi keeping moving, preventing Arobieke from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Arobieke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Slaissi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Akinwale Oluwafolajimi Oluwatope Arobieke overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Arobieke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Arobieke wants to control from the top but Slaissi keeps moving.
Arobieke passes Slaissi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Arobieke wants to control but Slaissi is keeping him busy.
Arobieke is controlling the pace.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Slaissi misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Slaissi misses.
Arobieke on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Arobieke slips a jab from Slaissi.
It looked like Arobieke wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Arobieke walks into a stiff left hand from Slaissi.
Slaissi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Arobieke fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Slaissi avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slaissi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Slaissi misses with a looping left.
Arobieke appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A swing and a miss from Slaissi.
Arobieke takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Slaissi throws a poor cross that misses
letting Arobieke counter with a right hand.
Arobieke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Slaissi.
Arobieke on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Slaissi throws an overhand right that lands on Arobieke's shoulder, as Arobieke tries to avoid the shot.
Arobieke attempts a counter takedown but Slaissi avoids it well and moves away.
Slaissi missing with a left hand there. Arobieke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Arobieke closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Arobieke lands in his opponent's guard.
Akinwale Oluwafolajimi Oluwatope Arobieke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arobieke trying to control the position from guard on top but Slaissi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Slaissi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arobieke keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Slaissi working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Arobieke's thigh. Arobieke counters though and makes it back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kimbo Slaissi.
I think Arobieke has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akinwale Oluwafolajimi Oluwatope Arobieke!
A relieved looking Akinwale Oluwafolajimi Oluwatope Arobieke thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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